By Emmanuel Nduka
John Oyegun, Chairman of the Presidential Screening Committee of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has affirmed that up to 99 percent of its presidential aspirants have agreed to support a consensus candidate as the party plots ahead of the 2023 polls.
The Chairman made the remark on Friday while presenting the committee’s report to the National Chairman of the party, Abdullahi Adamu.
He said: “We engaged every aspirant on the issue of consensus. It is a pleasant surprise that 99 percent agreed that the party is supreme. And that whatever the party decides – with proper consultation – they will likely accept.
“Only one exception, who said I will accept consensus only if it is for me. I think it is a point that needs to be made and emphasised.
“So that gives you a lot of leeway in the hours ahead to trim down even more drastically.
“But finally we think we should not be afraid of a contested primary if anybody insists on a contest.”
Heritage Times HT had reported earlier that Oyegun had announced the disqualification of 10 out of the 23 aspirants screened for the exercise, stating that only 13 aspirants scaled through the process.
